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O'Neill urges Celtic to buy Saracchi - gossip

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Interim manager Martin O'Neill would like Celtic to buy on-loan left-back Marcelo Saracchi this summer, while Motherwell's Tawanda Maswanhise is quizzed about reported Old Firm interest.

Interim Celtic manager Martin O'Neill has urged the club to buy 27-year-old on-loan Boca Juniors left-back Marcelo Saracchi, who scored in Wednesday's win over Livingston, at the end of the season. (Glasgow Times)

Former Arsenal and Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored Celtic's winner in his debut against Livingston on Wednesday, has revealed his former footballer father, Mark, had urged him to sign for the Scottish champions when the opportunity arose to end his spell without a club last month. (The Herald)

Livingston are closing in on a deal to sign Barrie McKay for the rest of the season, with the 31-year-old former Heart of Midlothian and Rangers winger having trained with the Scottish Premiership strugglers as he looks to end six months without a club. (Daily Record)

Motherwell forward Tawanda Maswanhise says he is keeping his head down and ignoring speculation linking him with Celtic and Rangers, but the 23-year-old admits his ambition is to play Champions League football. (Scottish Sun)

Dundee United banked a six-figure sum when they sold striker Nikolaj Moller to Norwegian top-flight club Sandefjord on Thursday after just six months at Tannadice. (The Courier)

Hansa Rostock defender Marco Schuster believes striker Ryan Naderi's record-breaking January transfer to Rangers should motivate German lower-league players. (Glasgow Times).

Billy Gilmour will hand Scotland a huge World Cup boost when the midfielder returns to the Napoli squad next week after almost four months out through injury. (The Herald)

Celtic assistant Shaun Maloney says he is still talks regularly with Roberto Martinez but insists he knows nothing about whether the Portugal head coach could be the Scottish champions' new manager this summer. (Sky Sports via Scottish Sun)

Celtic earned a staggering £40m from playing in the Champions League last season. (Glasgow Times)

Rangers earned around £18m from their run to the Europa League quarter-finals last season. (The National)

Rangers' elimination in the Europa League's league stage is set to have cost the Old Firm club more than £20m. (Football Insider)

Hibernian are exactly bang on course to reach the points total needed, more or less, to finish fourth in the Scottish Premiership based on data for the last 10 seasons. (Edinburgh Evening News)

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